JOY

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joy 

–noun 1. the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation:
2. a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated
3. the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety.
4. a state of happiness or felicity.
–verb (used without object) 5. to feel joy; be glad; rejoice.
–verb (used with object) 6. Obsolete. to gladden.


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Origin:
1175–1225; ME joy(e) < OF joie, joye < LL gaudia, neut. pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of L gaudium joy, equiv. to gaud- (base of gaudēre to be glad) + -ium -ium